1.0 Compilation Options For SQLite

For most purposes, SQLite can be built just fine using the default
compilation options. However, if required, the compile-time options
documented below can be used to
omit SQLite features (resulting in
a smaller compiled library size) or to change the
default values of some parameters.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the various combinations
of compilation options work harmoniously and produce a working library.
Nevertheless, it is strongly recommended that the SQLite test-suite
be executed to check for errors before using an SQLite library built
with non-standard compilation options.

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COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEFAULT_AUTOVACUUM=<1 or 0>} {
This macro determines if SQLite creates databases with the
[auto_vacuum] flag set by default. The default value is 0
(do not create auto-vacuum databases). In any case the
compile-time default may be overridden by the
[PRAGMA auto_vacuum] command.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE=<pages>} {
This macro sets the default size of the page-cache for each attached
database, in pages. This can be overridden by the
[PRAGMA cache_size] comamnd. The default value is 2000.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEFAULT_FILE_FORMAT=<1 or 4>} {
The default schema-level file format used by SQLite when creating
new database files is set by this macro. The file formats are all
very similar. The difference between formats 1 and 4 is that format
4 understands descending indices and has a tighter encoding for
boolean values.
SQLite (as of [version 3.6.0]) can read and write any file format
between 1 and 4. But older versions of SQLite might not be able to
read formats greater than 1. So that older versions of SQLite will
be able to read and write database files created by newer versions
of SQLite, the default file format is set to 1 for maximum
compatability.
The file format for a new database can be set at runtime using
the [PRAGMA legacy_file_format] command.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=<1 or 0>} {
This macro is used to determine whether or not the features enabled and
disabled using the SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMSTATUS argument to [sqlite3_config()]
are available by default. The default value is 1 ([SQLITE_CONFIG_MEMSTATUS]
related features enabled).
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE=<bytes>} {
This macro is used to set the default page-size used when a
database is created. The value assigned must be a power of 2. The
default value is 1024. The compile-time default may be overridden at
runtime by the [PRAGMA page_size] command.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEFAULT_TEMP_CACHE_SIZE=<pages>} {
This macro sets the default size of the page-cache for temporary files
created by SQLite to store intermediate results, in pages. It does
not affect the page-cache for the temp database, where tables created
using [CREATE TABLE | CREATE TEMP TABLE] are stored. The default value
is 500.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {YYSTACKDEPTH=<max_depth>} {
This macro sets the maximum depth of the LALR(1) stack used by
the SQL parser within SQLite. The default value is 100. A typical
application will use less than about 20 levels of the stack.
Developers whose applications contain SQL statements that
need more than 100 LALR(1) stack entries should seriously
consider refactoring their SQL as it is likely to be well beyond
the ability of any human to comprehend.
}

1.2 Options To Set Size Limits

There are compile-time options that will set upper bounds
on the sizes of various structures in SQLite. The compile-time
options normally set a hard upper bound which can be changed
at run-time on individual [database connections] using the
[sqlite3_limit()] interface.

The compile-time options for setting upper bounds are
[limits | documented separately]. The following is a list of
the available settings:

[SQLITE_MAX_ATTACHED]

[SQLITE_MAX_COLUMN]

[SQLITE_MAX_COMPOUND_SELECT]

[SQLITE_MAX_EXPR_DEPTH]

[SQLITE_MAX_FUNCTION_ARG]

[SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH]

[SQLITE_MAX_LIKE_PATTERN_LENGTH]

[SQLITE_MAX_PAGE_COUNT]

[SQLITE_MAX_PAGE_SIZE]

[SQLITE_MAX_SQL_LENGTH]

[SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER]

1.3 Options To Control Operating Characteristics

COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OS_OTHER=<0 or 1>} {
The option causes SQLite to omit its built-in operating system interfaces
for unix, windows, and OS/2. The resulting library will have no default
[sqlite3_vfs | operating system interface]. Applications must use
[sqlite3_vfs_register()] to register an appropriate interface before
using SQLite. Applications must also supply implementations for the
[sqlite3_os_init()] and [sqlite3_os_end()] interfaces. The usual practice
is for the supplied [sqlite3_os_init()] to invoke [sqlite3_vfs_register()].
SQLite will automatically invoke [sqlite3_os_init()] when it initializes.
This option is typically used when building SQLite for an embedded
platform with a custom operating system.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_SECURE_DELETE} {
This compile-time option causes SQLite to overwrite deleted
information with zeros in addition to marking the space
as available for reuse. Without this option, deleted data
might be recoverable from a database using a binary editor.
However, there is a performance penalty for using this option.
This option does not cause deleted data is securely
removed from the underlying storage media.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_THREADSAFE=<0 or 1 or 2>} {
This option controls whether or not code is included in SQLite to
enable it to operate safely in a multithreaded environment. The
default is SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1 which is safe for use in a multithreaded
environment. When compiled with SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 all mutexing code
is omitted and it is unsafe to use SQLite in a multithreaded program.
When compiled with SQLITE_THREADSAFE=2, SQLite can be used in a multithreaded
program so long as no two threads attempt to use the same
[database connection] at the same time.
To put it another way, SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1 sets the default
[threading mode] to Serialized. SQLITE_THREADSAFE=2 sets the default
[threading mode] to Multi-threaded. And SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 sets the
[threading mode] to Single-threaded.
The value of SQLITE_THREADSAFE can be determined at run-time
using the [sqlite3_threadsafe()] interface.
When SQLite has been compiled with SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1 or
SQLITE_THREADSAFE=2 then the [threading mode]
can be altered at run-time using the [sqlite3_config()] interface together
with one of these verbs:

[SQLITE_CONFIG_SINGLETHREAD]

[SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD]

[SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED]

The [SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX] and
[SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX] flags to [sqlite3_open_v2()] can also be used
to adjust the [threading mode] of individual [database connections]
at run-time.
Note that when SQLite is compiled with SQLITE_THREADSAFE=0, the code
to make SQLite threadsafe is omitted from the build. When this occurs,
it is impossible to change the [threading mode] at start-time or run-time.
See the [threading mode] documentation for additional information
on aspects of using SQLite in a multithreaded environment.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_TEMP_STORE=<0 through 3>} {
This option controls whether temporary files are stored on disk or
in memory. The meanings for various settings of this compile-time
option are as follows:

SQLITE_TEMP_STORE

Meaning

0

Always use temporary files

1

Use files by default but allow the
[PRAGMA temp_store] command to override

2

Use memory by default but allow the
[PRAGMA temp_store] command to override

3

Always use memory

The default setting is 1.
Additional information can be found in [tempstore | tempfiles.html].
}

1.4 Options To Enable Features Normally Turned Off

COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_ATOMIC_WRITE} {
If this C-preprocessor macro is defined and if the
xDeviceCharacteristics method of [sqlite3_io_methods] object for
a database file reports (via one of the [SQLITE_IOCAP_ATOMIC] bits)
that the filesystem supports atomic writes and if a transaction
involves a change to only a single page of the database file,
then the transaction commits with just a single write request of
a single page of the database and no rollback journal is created
or written. On filesystems that support atomic writes, this
optimization can result in significant speed improvements for
small updates. However, few filesystems support this capability
and the code paths that check for this capability slow down write
performance on systems that lack atomic write capability, so this
feature is disabled by default.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA} {
When this C-preprocessor macro is defined, SQLite includes some
additional APIs that provide convenient access to meta-data about
tables and queries. The APIs that are enabled by this option are:

[sqlite3_column_database_name()]

[sqlite3_column_database_name16()]

[sqlite3_column_table_name()]

[sqlite3_column_table_name16()]

[sqlite3_column_origin_name()]

[sqlite3_column_origin_name16()]

[sqlite3_table_column_metadata()]

}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3} {
When this option is defined in the [amalgamation], version 3
of the full-text search engine is added to the build automatically.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_ICU} {
This option causes the
International Components for Unicode
or "ICU" extension to SQLite to be added to the build.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_IOTRACE} {
When both the SQLite core and the [Command Line Interface] (CLI) are both
compiled with this option, then the CLI provides an extra command
named ".iotrace" that provides a low-level log of I/O activity.
This option is experimental and may be discontinued in a future release.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_LOCKING_STYLE} {
This option enables additional logic in the OS interface layer for
Mac OS X. The additional logic attempts to determine the type of the
underlying filesystem and choose and alternative locking strategy
that works correctly for that filesystem type. Five locking strategies
are available:

Posix locking style. This is the default locking style and the
style used by other (non OSX) unixes. Locks are obtained and
released using the fcntl() system call.

AFP locking style. This locking style is used for network file
systems that use the AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) protocol. Locks
are obtained by calling the library function _AFPFSSetLock().

Flock locking style. This is used for file-systems that do not
support posix locking style. Locks are obtained and released using
the flock() system call.

Dot-file locking style. This locking style is used when neither
flock nor posix locking styles are supported by the file system.
Database locks are obtained by creating and entry in the file-system
at a well-known location relative to the database file (a "dot-file")
and relinquished by deleting the same file.

No locking style. If none of the above can be supported, this
locking style is used. No database locking mechanism is used. When
this system is used it is not safe for a single database to be
accessed by multiple clients.

Additionally, five extra VFS implementations are provided as well as the
default. By specifying one of the extra VFS implementations
when calling [sqlite3_open_v2()], an application may bypass the file-system
detection logic and explicitly select one of the above locking styles. The
five extra VFS implementations are called "unix-posix", "unix-afp",
"unix-flock", "unix-dotfile" and "unix-none".
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT} {
This option adds extra logic to SQLite that allows it to release unused
memory upon request. This option must be enabled in order for the
[sqlite3_release_memory()] interface to work. If this compile-time
option is not used, the [sqlite3_release_memory()] interface is a
no-op. Since [sqlite3_soft_heap_limit()] depends on
[sqlite3_release_memory()], this option is also necessary for
the correct operation of [sqlite3_soft_heap_limit()].
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS3} {
This option includes code in SQLite that implements an alternative
memory allocator. This alternative memory allocator is only engaged
when the [SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP] option to [sqlite3_config()] is used to
supply a large chunk of memory from which all memory allocations are
taken.
The MEMSYS3 memory allocator uses a hybrid allocation algorithm
patterned after dlmalloc(). Only one of SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS3 and
SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS5 may be enabled at once.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS5} {
This option includes code in SQLite that implements an alternative
memory allocator. This alternative memory allocator is only engaged
when the [SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP] option to [sqlite3_config()] is used to
supply a large chunk of memory from which all memory allocations are
taken.
The MEMSYS5 module rounds all allocations up to the next power
of two and uses a first-fit, buddy-allocator algorithm
that provides strong guarantees against fragmentation and breakdown
subject to certain operating constraints.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE} {
This option causes SQLite to include support for the
[rtree | R*Tree index extension].
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT} {
This option enables an optional ORDER BY and LIMIT clause on
[UPDATE] and [DELETE] statements.

If this option is defined, then it must also be
defined when using the 'lemon' tool to generate a parse.c
file. Because of this, this option may only be used when the library is built
from source, not from the [amalgamation] or from the collection of
pre-packaged C files provided for non-UNIX like platforms on the website.

}
COMPILE_OPTION {YYTRACKMAXSTACKDEPTH} {
This option causes the LALR(1) parser stack depth to be tracked
and reported using the [sqlite3_status]([SQLITE_STATUS_PARSER_STACK],...)
interface. SQLite's LALR(1) parser has a fixed stack depth
(determined at compile-time using the [YYSTACKDEPTH] options).
This option can be used to help determine if an application is
getting close to exceeding the maximum LALR(1) stack depth.
}

1.5 Options To Omit Features

The following options can used to reduce the size of the compiled
library by omitting optional features. This is probably only useful
in embedded systems where space is especially tight, as even with all
features included the SQLite library is relatively small. Don't forget
to tell your compiler to optimize for binary size! (the -Os option if
using GCC). Telling your compiler to optimize for size usually has
a much large impact on library footprint than employing any of these
compile-time options.

The macros in this section do not require values. The following
compilation switches all have the same effect:
-DSQLITE_OMIT_ALTERTABLE
-DSQLITE_OMIT_ALTERTABLE=1
-DSQLITE_OMIT_ALTERTABLE=0

If any of these options are defined, then the same set of SQLITE_OMIT_XXX
options must also be defined when using the 'lemon' tool to generate a parse.c
file. Because of this, these options may only be used when the library is built
from source, not from the [amalgamation] or from the collection of
pre-packaged C files provided for non-UNIX like platforms on the website.

These "OMIT" options are considered unsupported. Any of these
options may be removed from the code in a future release
and without warning. For any particular release, some of these
options may cause compile-time or run-time failures.

COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_ALTERTABLE} {
When this option is defined, the
[ALTER TABLE] command is not included in the
library. Executing an [ALTER TABLE] statement causes a parse error.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_ANALYZE} {
When this option is defined, the [ANALYZE] command is omitted from
the build.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_ATTACH} {
When this option is defined, the [ATTACH] and [DETACH] commands are
omitted from the build.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_AUTHORIZATION} {
Defining this option omits the authorization callback feature from the
library. The [sqlite3_set_authorizer()] API function is not present
in the library.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINCREMENT} {
This option is used to omit the
[AUTOINCREMENT] functionality. When this
is macro is defined, columns declared as
"[INTEGER PRIMARY KEY] AUTOINCREMENT"
behave in the same way as columns declared as "[INTEGER PRIMARY KEY]" when a
NULL is inserted. The sqlite_sequence system table is neither created, nor
respected if it already exists.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINIT} {
For backwards compatibility with older versions of SQLite that lack
the [sqlite3_initialize()] interface, the [sqlite3_initialize()] interface
is called automatically upon entry to certain key interfaces such as
[sqlite3_open()], [sqlite3_vfs_register()], and [sqlite3_mprintf()].
The overhead of invoking [sqlite3_initialize()] automatically in this
way may be omitted by building SQLite with the SQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINIT
C-preprocessor macro. When built using SQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINIT, SQLite
will not automatically initialize itself and the application is required
to invoke [sqlite3_initialize()] directly prior to beginning use of the
SQLite library.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_AUTOVACUUM} {
If this option is defined, the library cannot create or write to
databases that support [auto_vacuum].
Executing a [PRAGMA auto_vacuum] statement is not an error
(since unknown PRAGMAs are silently ignored), but does not return a value
or modify the auto-vacuum flag in the database file. If a database that
supports auto-vacuum is opened by a library compiled with this option, it
is automatically opened in read-only mode.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_BETWEEN_OPTIMIZATION} {
This option disables the use of indices with WHERE clause terms
that employ the BETWEEN operator.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_BLOB_LITERAL} {
When this option is defined, it is not possible to specify a blob in
an SQL statement using the X'ABCD' syntax.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_BUILTIN_TEST} {
A standard SQLite build includes a small amount of logic controlled
by the [sqlite3_test_control()] interface that is used to exercise
parts of the SQLite core that are difficult to control and measure using
the standard API. This option omits that built-in test logic.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_CAST} {
This option causes SQLite to omit support for the CAST operator.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_CHECK} {
This option causes SQLite to omit support for CHECK constraints.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_COMPLETE} {
This option causes the [sqlite3_complete()] and [sqlite3_complete16()]
interfaces to be omitted.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_COMPOUND_SELECT} {
This option is used to omit the compound [SELECT] functionality.
[SELECT] statements that use the
UNION, UNION ALL, INTERSECT or EXCEPT compound SELECT operators will
cause a parse error.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_CONFLICT_CLAUSE} {
In the future, this option will be used to omit the
[ON CONFLICT] clause from the library.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_DATETIME_FUNCS} {
If this option is defined, SQLite's built-in date and time manipulation
functions are omitted. Specifically, the SQL functions julianday(), date(),
time(), datetime() and strftime() are not available. The default column
values CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_DATE and CURRENT_DATETIME are still available.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE} {
This option causes SQLite to omit support for the
[sqlite3_column_decltype()] and [sqlite3_column_decltype16()]
interfaces.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_DISKIO} {
This option omits all support for writing to the disk and forces
databases to exist in memory only.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_EXPLAIN} {
Defining this option causes the [EXPLAIN] command to be omitted from the
library. Attempting to execute an [EXPLAIN] statement will cause a parse
error.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_FLAG_PRAGMAS} {
This option omits support for a subset of [PRAGMA] commands that
query and set boolean properties.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_FLOATING_POINT} {
This option is used to omit floating-point number support from the SQLite
library. When specified, specifying a floating point number as a literal
(i.e. "1.01") results in a parse error.

In the future, this option may also disable other floating point
functionality, for example the [sqlite3_result_double()],
[sqlite3_bind_double()], [sqlite3_value_double()] and
[sqlite3_column_double()] API functions.

}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_FOREIGN_KEY} {
If this option is defined, FOREIGN KEY clauses in column declarations are
ignored.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_GET_TABLE} {
This option causes support for [sqlite3_get_table()] and
[sqlite3_free_table()] to be omitted.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_INCRBLOB} {
This option causes support for [sqlite3_blob | incremental BLOB I/O]
to be omitted.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_INTEGRITY_CHECK} {
This option omits support for the [integrity_check pragma].
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_LIKE_OPTIMIZATION} {
This option disable the ability of SQLite to use indices to help
resolve [LIKE] and [GLOB] operators in a WHERE clause.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION} {
This option omits the entire extension loading mechanism from
SQLite, including [sqlite3_enable_load_extension()] and
[sqlite3_load_extension()] interfaces.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_LOCALTIME} {
This option omits the "localtime" modifier from the date and time
functions. This option is sometimes useful when trying to compile
the date and time functions on a platform that does not support the
concept of local time.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_MEMORYDB} {
When this is defined, the library does not respect the special database
name ":memory:" (normally used to create an in-memory database). If
":memory:" is passed to [sqlite3_open()], [sqlite3_open16()], or
[sqlite3_open_v2()], a file with this name will be
opened or created.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_OR_OPTIMIZATION} {
This option disables the ability of SQLite to use an index together
with terms of a WHERE clause connected by the OR operator.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_PAGER_PRAGMAS} {
Defining this option omits pragmas related to the pager subsystem from
the build.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_PRAGMA} {
This option is used to omit the [PRAGMA] command
from the library. Note that it is useful to define the macros that omit
specific pragmas in addition to this, as they may also remove supporting code
in other sub-systems. This macro removes the [PRAGMA] command only.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK} {
This option may be defined to omit the capability to issue "progress"
callbacks during long-running SQL statements. The
[sqlite3_progress_handler()]
API function is not present in the library.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_QUICKBALANCE} {
This option omits an alternative, faster B-Tree balancing routine.
Using this option makes SQLite slightly smaller at the expense of
making it run slightly slower.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_REINDEX} {
When this option is defined, the [REINDEX]
command is not included in the library.
Executing a [REINDEX] statement causes
a parse error.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_SCHEMA_PRAGMAS} {
Defining this option omits pragmas for querying the database schema from
the build.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_SCHEMA_VERSION_PRAGMAS} {
Defining this option omits pragmas for querying and modifying the
database schema version and user version from the build. Specifically, the
[schema_version] and [user_version] PRAGMAs are omitted.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_SHARED_CACHE} {
This option builds SQLite without support for shared-cache mode.
The [sqlite3_enable_shared_cache()] is omitted along with a fair
amount of logic within the B-Tree subsystem associated with shared
cache management.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_SUBQUERY} {
If defined, support for sub-selects and the IN() operator are omitted.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_TCL_VARIABLE} {
If this macro is defined, then the special "$" syntax
used to automatically bind SQL variables to TCL variables is omitted.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_TEMPDB} {
This option omits support for TEMP or TEMPORARY tables.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_TRACE} {
This option omits support for the [sqlite3_profile()] and
[sqlite3_trace()] interfaces and their associated logic.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_TRIGGER} {
Defining this option omits support for VIEW objects. Neither the
[CREATE TRIGGER] or [DROP TRIGGER]
commands are available in this case, and attempting to execute
either will result in a parse error.
WARNING: If this macro is defined, it will not be possible to open a database
for which the schema contains TRIGGER objects.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_TRUNCATE_OPTIMIZATION} {
A default build of SQLite, if a [DELETE] statement has no WHERE clause
and operates on a table with no triggers, an optimization occurs that
causes the DELETE to occur by dropping and recreating the table.
Dropping and recreating a table is usually much faster than deleting
the table content row by row. This is the "truncate optimization".
The truncate optimization makes DELETE work faster, but it has the
disadvantage that the row change count (as returned by the
[sqlite3_changes()] or [sqlite3_total_changes()] interfaces or by
[PRAGMA count_changes]) is incorrect. Some users find that this
disadvantage outweighs the speed increase. Such users can recompile
SQLite with this compile-time parameter in order to omit the
truncate optimization.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_UTF16} {
This macro is used to omit support for UTF16 text encoding. When this is
defined all API functions that return or accept UTF16 encoded text are
unavailable. These functions can be identified by the fact that they end
with '16', for example [sqlite3_prepare16()], [sqlite3_column_text16()] and
[sqlite3_bind_text16()].
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_VACUUM} {
When this option is defined, the [VACUUM]
command is not included in the library.
Executing a [VACUUM] statement causes
a parse error.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_VIEW} {
Defining this option omits support for VIEW objects. Neither the
[CREATE VIEW] nor the [DROP VIEW]
commands are available in this case, and
attempting to execute either will result in a parse error.
WARNING: If this macro is defined, it will not be possible to open a database
for which the schema contains VIEW objects.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE} {
This option omits support for the [sqlite3_vtab | Virtual Table]
mechanism in SQLite.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_WSD} {
This options builds a version of the SQLite library that contains no
Writable Static Data (WSD). WSD is global variables and/or static
variables. Some platforms do not support WSD, and this option is necessary
in order for SQLite to work those platforms.
Unlike other OMIT options which make the SQLite library smaller,
this option actually increases the size of SQLite and makes it run
a little slower. Only use this option if SQLite is being built for an
embedded target that does not support WSD.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_OMIT_XFER_OPT} {
This option omits support for optimizations that help statements
of the form "INSERT INTO ... SELECT ..." run faster.
}

1.6 Analysis and Debugging Options

COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_DEBUG} {
The SQLite source code contains literally thousands of assert() statements
used to verify internal assumptions and subroutine preconditions and
postconditions. These assert() statements are normally turned off
(they generate no code) since turning them on makes SQLite run approximately
three times slower. But for testing and analysis, it is useful to turn
the assert() statements on. The SQLITE_DEBUG compile-time option does this.
SQLITE_DEBUG also turns on some other debugging features.
}
COMPILE_OPTION {SQLITE_MEMDEBUG} {
The SQLITE_MEMDEBUG option causes an instrumented dynamic memory allocator
to be used as the default memory allocator within SQLite. The
instrumented memory allocator checks for misuse of dynamically allocated
memory. Examples of misuse include using memory after it is freed,
writing off the ends of a memory allocation, freeing memory not previously
obtained from the memory allocator, or failing to initialize newly
allocated memory.
}